Tristan Fitzpatrick

Scenes of Bernie Sanders supporters protesting and walking out of the Democratic National Convention this week in Philadelphia over the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the party’s nominee reminded me of a far different moment in political history.

A long primary battle between Sec. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders finally came to an end Tuesday when the Vermont Senator formally endorsed Clinton at a campaign rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican Party nominee, Sec. Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee and both candidates with unprecedentedly high negative approval ratings, many Americans are left searching for an alternative on their ballots in November.

Last Friday, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education released a joint statement to protect transgender students in public schools.
The statement said that “Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, schools receiving federal money may not discriminate based on a student’s sex, including a student’s transgender status.

On Monday the Supreme Court voted unanimously that states have to honor adoptions by gay parents that move across state lines, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Alabama Supreme Court had previously denied one of the plaintiffs in the case parental rights after her partner had denied her former spouse’s right to visit the children, wrote David Savage of the Times.
I support the Court’s decision, but it does raise questions about policies regarding gay families in the United States.